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John A. Pollock, Ph.D.

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John Archie Pollock, Ph.D. Professor • Apple Distinguished Educator • AAAS Fellow

Department of Biological Sciences

Duquesne University 222 Mellon Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Cell Phone: 412-855-4043

[email protected]

http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/john-a-pollock http://www.duq.edu/pain

http://ThePartnershipInEducation.com Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-3676

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE EDUCATION Post-Doctoral Training, California Institute of Technology 1984 - 1989

Studies of molecular neurogenetics of the developing fly eye and brain. Professor Seymour Benzer, mentor.

Ph.D. Biophysics, Syracuse University 1984 Ph.D. Thesis: “Biochemical Analysis of Flavoproteins from Phycomyces Sporangiophores

as Blue Light Receptors.” Professor Edward Lipson, mentor. M.S. Physics, Syracuse University 1983 B.S. Physics (honors) and second major in Philosophy, Syracuse University 1978 Advanced Courses: August 2000 Workshop on Luminx Bead array DNA expression profiling. Luminx Corp. Austin TX. October 1999 Society for Neuroscience Course in DNA Microarrays: The New Frontier in Gene

Discovery and Gene Expression Analysis. November 1988 Society for Neuroscience Short Course: In Situ Hybridization and Related Techniques

to Study Cell-Specific Gene Expression in Nerves. August 1987 Workshop on High Voltage Electron Microscopy in Neurobiology, NIH National Facility

Laboratory for High Voltage Electron Microscopy, University of Colorado at Boulder. June - July 1984 Neurobiology of Drosophila – Summer Course. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold

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WORK HISTORY Current Academic Appointment 2014-present Full Professor • Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University Additional Appointments 2001-present Director of the PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION, Duquesne University 2011-present Co-Director of the Duquesne University CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH CONSORTIUM,

Duquesne University 2009-present Affiliated Faculty McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 2017-present Visiting professor Brain Hub, jointly managed by the School of Computer Science, College of

Engineering, Mellon College of Science, Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences and College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Prior Academic Appointments

2001-2014 Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University

2009-2010 Director of graduate programs, Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University

2007-2017 Visiting professor Entertainment Technology Center, jointly managed by the College of Fine Arts and

School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

2005-2007 Principal Scientist Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Inc.

2000-2001 Director of graduate programs, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

1997 – 2003 Visiting scholar, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia

1995-2010 Research fellow of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (now The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry), College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University (a visiting faculty appointment)

1995-2000 Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

1991 Visiting scholar, San Diego Microscopy and Imaging Resource, University of San Diego

1989-1995 Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

1989-1990 Visiting scholar, High Voltage Electron Microscope, University of Colorado, Boulder


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1987-1989 Research Faculty – Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology (Nontenure-track funded by Markey Foundation grant. Co-PIs Pollock and Benzer)

1984-1987 Postdoctoral research fellow, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology; Mentor Seymour Benzer (funded by Proctor and Gamble postdoctoral award and NIH postdoctoral training grant)

1978-1984 Graduate research assistant in biophysics, Physics Department, Syracuse University; Professor Edward Lipson

1978-1984 Teaching assistant, Physics Department, Syracuse University. Lecturer for general physics, astronomy, physics for engineers, optics and light. Private tutor for physics, calculus, analytic geometry, and reading

1977-1978 Undergraduate research, Physics Department, Syracuse University. Authored a seven-week laboratory course on integrated circuits, logic, op-amps

and electronics; Professor Henry Levinstein MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Microscopy Society of America New York Academy of Sciences Society for Neuroscience Honors and Awards. 2018 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Elected by the Council for “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications that are scientifically or socially distinguished.”

2018 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM class of 2015 – awarded June 2018).

PAESMEM is the highest honor bestowed upon mentors who work to expand STEM talent. The National Science Foundation administers the honorary awards program on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

2018 TOP 10 EDUCATION + GAMING PROJECTS OF THE YEAR CREATE•PITTSBURGH TECH COUNCIL to J. Pollock for mobile app

REBOUND; BEATING CONCUSSION (a Bibliotech™ Adaptive reader eBook) 2018 Duquesne University Presidential Award for Excellence in Service to the Mission. 2018 Bayer School of Natural & Environmental Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in

Service to the Mission 2018 Parents’ Choice Award ‘Recommended’ to J. Pollock for mobile app REBOUND: BEATING CONCUSSION (a Bibliotech Adaptive Reader™ eBook) 2017 Bayer School of Natural & Environmental Sciences Award for Faculty Excellence in

Scholarship 2017 Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple, Inc. 2016 Top Ten, Semi-Finalist in the Forbes Fund BNY Mellon UpPrize Social Innovation

Technology Challenge – Adaptive eReader 2016 Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy xPrize global competition - qualifying entry

for semi-finalists competition. 2016 TOP 10 EDUCATION + GAMING PROJECTS OF THE YEAR/CREATE•PITTSBURGH

TECH COUNCIL to J. Pollock for mobile app CITYHACKS: IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (a Bibliotech™ eBook)


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2016 WINNER OF THE International Serious Play Competition Bronze Honors to J. Pollock for mobile app CITYHACKS: IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (a Bibliotech™ eBook)

2016 Parents’ Choice Award ‘Recommended’ to J. Pollock for mobile app CITYHACKS: IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (a Bibliotech™ eBook) 2016 Parents’ Choice Award ‘Recommended’ to J. Pollock for mobile app Darwin Synthetic Interview 2015 Emmy® Award to J. Pollock for Scientastic! “ARE YOU SLEEPING?”

Children/Youth/Teen - Program or Special. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)

2015 Emmy® Award to J. Pollock for Scientastic! “ARE YOU SLEEPING?” Musical Composition/Arrangement. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)

2014 Duquesne University Inaugural Provost's Interdisciplinary Research Consortia Award – John A. Pollock & Jelena Janjic Co-recipients for the Chronic Pain Research Consortium.

2013 Duquesne University Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, in recognition of outstanding instruction provided.

2013 Bayer School of Natural & Environmental Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, in recognition of outstanding instruction provided.

2013 Apple ‘New & Noteworthy’ for POWERS OF MINUS TEN – BONE 2011 National Science Foundation/Science Magazine International Science & Engineering

Visualization Challenge. Top Ten Finalist for Informational Poster and Graphics for the Spiral of Life Evolution of Plants & Co-Evolution of Animals. Concept – John A. Pollock & Art – Joana Ricou.

2011 Carnegie Science Award, Special Achievement in Education. Awarded in recognition of work in science education -- which includes several film projects that make science come alive for young people and the general public.

2010 Duquesne University Office of Research Hall of Fame Award for outstanding research endeavors based on consistency in sponsored research funding, research impact and funding amounts.

2008 - present Honorary Editor, Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, Dove Medical Press 2008 Darwin Evolution/Revolution Award, NIH was provided in recognition of the significant

and focused effort of producing and delivering educational resources on the fundamental principles of evolution.

2001 Grass Foundation Traveling Lecturer for the Society for Neuroscience. 1997 Visiting scholar award, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia (Awarded by Deputy

Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, C.B. Schedvin) 1991-1994 Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award and Continuation Award, March of

Dimes Birth Defects Foundation 1992-1994 National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute), James A. Shannon Director's

Award (EY09093); Principal investigator: John A. Pollock 1991 Visiting scholar fellowship for San Diego Microscopy and Imaging Resource,

University of California at San Diego School of Medicine 1990 1998 2008 Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation research award 1988-1989 High Voltage EM scholar fellowship, NIH National Facility Laboratory for HVEM,

University of Colorado, Boulder 1984-1987 National Institutes of Health -NEI postdoctoral fellowship (EY05836), Caltech (mentor

Seymour Benzer) 1973/4 Boy Scouts of America – Eagle Award, and God & Country Award


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Peer-reviewed Publications (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-3676) A. Stevens, L. Liu, B. Deal, D. Bertovich, J. M. Janjic, J. A. Pollock (2019) Differential expression of

neuroinflammatory mRNAs in the rat sciatic nerve following chronic constriction injury and pain-relieving nanoemulsion NSAID delivery to infiltrating macrophages. Int J Mol Sci Oct 24; 20(21) pii: E5269. doi: 10.3390/ijms20215269.

M. Saleem, A. Stevens, B. Deal, E. Nehl, J. M. Janjic, J. A. Pollock (2019) Nanomedicine-driven neuropathic pain relief in a rat model is associated with macrophage polarity and mast cell activation. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 7:108. https://rdcu.be/bIQQk

B. Kantorski, C. W. Sanford-Dolly, D.R. Commisso, J. A. Pollock (2019) Backward design as a mobile application development strategy. Educational Tech Research Dev. 67: 711 On-line April 8, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09662-7

M. Saleem, A. Stevens, B. Deal, L. Liu, J. M. Janjic, J. A. Pollock (2019) A new best practice for validating tail vein injections in rat with near infrared labeled agents. JoVE - J. Vis. Exp., e59295. https://doi.org/10.3791/59295

J. M. Janjic, K. Vasudeva, M. Saleem, A. Stevens, L. Liu, S. Patel, J. A. Pollock (2018) Low-dose NSAIDs reduce pain via macrophage targeted nanoemulsion delivery to neuroinflammation of the sciatic nerve in rat. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 318, 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.02.010

D. J. Lampe, B. Kantorski, J. A. Pollock (2018) Charles Darwin Synthetic Interview. Journal of STEM Outreach, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, Jan. 2018. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v1i1.1

B. Kolber, J. Janjic, J. A. Pollock, K Tidgewell (2016). The Pain Undergraduate Research Experience: Interacting with community partners to build a specialized and enhanced biomedical research program. BMC Medical Education 2016 May 4;16(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0648-7 PMID: 27142616

K. Vasudeva, Y. Vodovotz, N. Azhar, D. Barclay, J. M. Janjic, J. A. Pollock (2015) In Vivo and Systems Biology Studies Implicate IL-18 as a Central Mediator in Chronic Pain. Journal of Neuroimmunology, doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.04.012. PMID: 26004155

K. Vasudeva, K. Andersen, B. Zeyzus-Johns, S. K. Patel, T. K. Hitchens, J. M. Janjic, J. A. Pollock (2014) Neuroinflammation In Vivo in a Neuropathic Pain Rat Model with Near-Infrared Fluorescence and 19F Magnetic Resonance. PLoS ONE 9(2): e90589. PMID: 24587398

S. K. Patel, M. J. Patrick, J. A. Pollock, J. M. Janjic (2013) Two-color fluorescent (near-infrared and visible) triphasic perfluorocarbon nanoemuslions. J. Biomed. Opt. 18 (10), 101312 (August 02, 2013); doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.10.101312.

J. M. Janjic, S. K. Patela, M. J. Patrick, J. A. Pollock, E. DiVito, M. Cascio (2013) Suppressing inflammation from inside out with novel NIR visible perfluorocarbon nanotheranostics. Proc. SPIE 8596, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications V, 85960L (February 21, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2004625.

S. K. Patel, Y. Zhang, J. A. Pollock, J. M. Janjic (2013) Cyclooxgenase-2 Inhibiting Perfluoropoly (Ethylene Glycol) Ether Theranostic Nanoemulsions—In Vitro Study. PLoS ONE 8(2): e55802. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055802

A. Wilson, L. Gonzalez, J. A. Pollock (2012) Evaluating learning and attitudes on tissue engineering: A study of children viewing animated digital dome shows detailing the biomedicine of tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering (Part A), vol 18, no. 5 576-586. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21943030 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286820/pdf/ten.tea.2011.0242.pdf

J. Ricou, J. A. Pollock (2012) The Tree, The Spiral and The Web of Life: A Visual Exploration.

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(Since its publication, this is one of MIT Press – Leonardo’s most downloaded papers: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=leon)

J. Ricou, D. Commisso, L. Gonzalez, J. A. Pollock (2011) The Evolution of Evolution: The Tree, The Spiral And The Web of Life, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), Volume 2, Issue 4, 544 - 547.

http://infonomics-society.org/wp-content/uploads/ijcdse/published-papers/volume-2-2011/Evaluation-of-Mural-Series-on-the-Evolution.pdf

K. Lawrence, C. Stilley, J.A. Pollock, D. Webber, E. Quivers (2011) Promoting Independence and Adherence in Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Progress in Transplantation, vol. 21, 1, March 2011, pg 61-66. PMID: 21485944

N. Siddall, G. Hime, J.A Pollock P. Batterham. (2009) Ttk69-dependent regulation of lozenge expression is necessary for correct R7 differentiation in the developing eye of Drosophila melanogaster. Biomed Central: Developmental Biology Dec 9; 9:64. PMID: 20003234

S. Sethi, W. Adams, J. A. Pollock, P.A. Witt-Enderby (2008) C-terminal domains within human MT(1) and MT(2) melatonin receptors are involved in internalization processes. J Pineal Res. 2008 45 (2): 212-8. PMID: 18341518

J. P. McKay, B. Nightingale, J. A. Pollock (2008) Helmsman is expressed in both trachea and Photoreceptor development; partial inactivation alters trachea morphology and visually guided behavior. Journal of Neurogenetics, Apr-Jun;22(2):1. PMID: 18428030

J. P. McKay, B. Nightingale, J. P. Vergnes, P.R. Kinchington, J.A. Pollock (2006) Drosophila melanogaster helmsman (hlm) mRNA, complete cds. GenBank®2006: ACCESSION DQ665308

J. P. McKay, B. Nightingale, J. P. Vergnes, P. R. Kinchington J. A. Pollock (2006) Lucilia cuprina helmsman (hlm) mRNA, complete cds GenBank®2006: ACCESSION DQ665309

K. Jackson-Behan, J. Fair, S. Singh, M. Bogwitz, T. Perry, V. Grubor, F. Cunningham, C. D. Nichols, T. L. Cheung, P Batterham and J. A. Pollock 2005. Alternative splicing removes an Ets interaction domain from Lozenge during Drosophila eye development. Development Genes and Evolution 215:423-435.

J. A. Pollock, J.A., Behan,K.J., Nichols,C.D., Fair,J. and Batterham,P. (2006) Drosophila melanogaster lozenge (lz) splice variant (Lozenge) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced. GenBank®2006: ACCESSION DQ397338

N. Siddall, K. J. Behan, N., J. R. Crew, T. L. Cheung, J. A. Fair, P. Batterham, and J.A. Pollock. 2003. Mutations in lozenge and D-Pax2 invoke ectopic patterned cell death in the developing Drosophila eye using distinct mechanisms. Development Genes and Evolution 213, 107-119.

K.J. Behan, C.D. Nichols, T. L. Cheung, A. Farlow, B. M. Hogan P. Batterham and J.A. Pollock 2002. Yan regulates Lozenge during Drosophila eye development. Development Genes and Evolution 212:267-276.

For the years 1989-2001: Faculty Appointment Carnegie Mellon University J. A. Fair, Nichols, C., Hill Williams, A., Behan, K.J., J. A. Pollock, Batterham, P. (1999) Drosophila

melanogaster c11.1 gene, partial cds; lozenge (lz) and c12.1 genes, complete cds; and c12.2 gene, partial cds. GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ 1999.12.19:AF217651.

E. L. Loreto, Zaha A, Nichols C, J. A. Pollock, Valente VL. 1998 Characterization of a hypermutable strain of Drosophila simulans. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 54(11):1283-90.

M. E. Martone, J. A. Pollock, and M. H. Ellisman. 1998. Subcellular localization of mRNA in neuronal cells: contributions of high resolution in situ hybridization techniques. Molecular Neurobiology, 18:3, 227-246.


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J. R. Crew, P. Batterham, and J. A. Pollock. 1997. Developing compound eye in lozenge mutants of Drosophila: lozenge expression in the R7 equivalence group. Development Genes and Evolution 206, 481–493.

Invited Book Chapter: D. L. Taylor, K. Burton, R. DeBiasio, K. Giuliano, A. Gough, T. Leonardo, J. A. Pollock, D. Farkas. 1997. Automated light microscopy for the study of the brain: Cellular and molecular dynamics, development and tumorigenesis. In: Imaging Brain Structure and Function. Volume 820 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 208-228.

P. Batterham, J. R. Crew, A. M. Sokac, J. R. Andrews, G. M. F. Pasquini, A. G. Davies, R. F. Stocker, and J. A. Pollock. 1996. Genetic analysis of the lozenge gene complex in Drosophila melanogaster: adult visual system phenotypes. Journal of Neurogenetics 10(4) 193-220.

M. E. Martone, J. A. Pollock, Y. Yhang, and M. H. Ellisman. 1996. Ultrastructural localization of dendritic messenger RNA in adult rat hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience 16 (23), 7437 - 7446.

B. Gillo, I. Chorna, H. Cohen, B. Cook, I. Manistersky, 0. Devary, A. Arnon, A. Baumann, U. B. Kaupp, J. A. Pollock, Z. Selinger and B. Minke. 1996. Co-expression of Drosophila TRP and TRPL in Xenopus oocytes reconstitute a capacitative Ca2+ entry similar to the light-activated conductance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 93, 14146-14151.

J. A. Pollock, A. Asaf, A. Peretz, C. Nichols, M. H. Mojet, R. C. Hardie and B. Minke. 1995. TRP, a protein essential for inositide-mediated Ca2+ influx is localized adjacent to the calcium stores in Drosophila photoreceptors. Journal of Neuroscience 15(5), 3747 - 3760.

R. C. Hardie, A. Peretz, J. A. Pollock and B. Minke. 1993. Ca2+ Limits the Development of the Light Response in Drosophila Photoreceptors. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B.252, 223-229.

B. Rudy, C. Kentros, M. Weiser, D. Fruhling, P. Serodio, E. Vega-Saenz de Miera, M. H. Ellisman, J. A. Pollock, H. Baker. 1992. Region-Specific Expression of a K+ channel gene in Brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 89, 4603 - 4607.

J. Tseng-Crank, J. A. Pollock, I. Hayashi and M. A. Tanouye. 1991. Expression of Ion Channel Genes in Drosophila. Journal of Neurogenetics 7, 229 - 239.

R. Brendza and J. A. Pollock. 1991. Molecular Characterization of Eye-Specific Genomic Clones in Drosophila. In: Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, p. 118 - 122.

For the years 1984-1989: Postdoctoral Studies California Institute of Technology D. R. Hyde, K. L. Mecklenburg, J. A. Pollock, T. Vihtelic, Seymour Benzer. 1990. Twenty Drosophila

Visual System cDNA Clones: One Is A Homologue Of Human Arrestin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 87, 1008-1012.

J. A. Pollock, M. H. Ellisman, Seymour Benzer. 1990. Subcellular Localization Of Transcripts In Drosophila Photoreceptor Neurons: chaoptic Mutants Have An Aberrant Distribution. Genes and Development 4, 806 -821.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1988. Transcript Localization of Four Opsin Genes In the Three Visual Organs in Drosophila; RH2 is Ocellus Specific. Nature 333, 779-782.

U. Banerjee, P. J. Renfranz, J. A. Pollock, and Seymour Benzer. 1987. Molecular Characterization and Expression of sevenless, a Gene Involved in Neural Pattern Formation in the Drosophila Eye. Cell 49, 281-291.


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For the years 1978-1984: Graduate Studies Syracuse University J. A. Pollock, E. D. Lipson, D. T. Sullivan. 1985. Analysis of Microsomal Flavoproteins from

Phycomyces Sporangiophores: Candidates for the Blue-Light Photoreceptor. Planta 163, 506-516.

J. A. Pollock, E. D. Lipson, D. T. Sullivan. 1985. Electrophoretic Analysis of Phycomyces Night-Blind Mutants. Biochemical Genetics 23, 379-390.

J. A. Pollock and E. D. Lipson. 1985. A Flavoprotein in Phycomyces with Short Fluorescence Lifetime. Photochemistry Photobiology 41, 351-354.

R. Garces, J. A. Pollock and E. D. Lipson. 1985. Examination of Phycomyces blakesleeanus for Nitrate Reductase as a Possible Blue Light Photoreceptor. Plant Science 40, 173-177.

Invited Book Chapter: E. D. Lipson, P. Galland, and J. A. Pollock. 1984. Blue Light Receptors in Phycomyces Investigated by Action Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy, and Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis. In: Blue Light Effects in Biological Systems, ed. by H. Senger, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.

E. D. Lipson, I. Lopez-Diaz, and J. A. Pollock. 1983. Mutants of Phycomyces With Enhanced Tropisms. Experimental Mycology 7, 241-252.

Outreach Materials: IN PROGRESS

MINDFULNESS – FOR LEARNING (a BiblioTech ebook series in the planning. Pollock – Creator and Producer). A series of interactive ebooks that seeks to highlight the place for mindfulness training in the classroom. A show for kids, teachers and families that self awareness can make a difference in learning and life. Specific emphasis will be on topics of stress, anxiety and common pains. Planned released of first edition – late 2020.

PRESS

J. A. Pollock (2009) The Next Page: A digital conversation with Darwin -- Op-Ed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2009/02/08/The-Next-Page-A-Digital-Conversation-with-Darwin/stories/200902080161 BROADCAST TELEVISION

SCIENTASTIC! LAUNCH SPECIAL “ARE YOU SLEEPING, DORMEZ VOUS?” released 2014 Winner of two Emmy® Awards

John Pollock Creator/Co-Executive Producer (co-wrote script). Now on iTunes/Amazon/Google Play. SCIENTASTIC! PILOT “STICKS & STONES” released 2010 WQED•Pittsburgh’s PBS station John Pollock Creator/Co-Executive Producer (co-wrote script). Now on iTunes/Amazon/Google Play.

INTERACTIVE MEDIA, VIDEO GAMES, LEARNING RESOURCES

SIERRA’S JOURNEY TO HEALTH: LIFE WITH A NEW LIVER (Pollock – Creator and Producer; story written by Daneielle Commisso & John Pollock). A story about pediatric liver transplant for cholestatic liver disease. Released for testing spring 2018 – released May 2018 iTunes/Amazon/Google Play.


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JADYN’S JOURNEY TO HEALTH: LIFE WITH A NEW LIVER (Pollock – Creator and Producer; story written by Daneielle Commisso & John Pollock). A story about pediatric liver transplant for metabolic liver disease. released for testing spring 2018 – released May 2018 iTunes/Amazon/Google Play.

REBOUND: BEATING CONCUSSION (Pollock – Creator and Producer; story written by Commisso, Kantorski & Pollock) released July 2017 iTunes/Amazon/Google Play

CITYHACKS: IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (a Bibliotech eBook) (Pollock – Producer/director) released on iTunes Nov 2015.

POWERS OF MINUS TEN – BONE (Pollock – Producer/director) released on iTunes/App Store January 2013; re-released on iTunes/Amazon/Google Play 2018.

DARWIN SYNTHETIC INTERVIEW (Pollock – Producer/director) on iTunes/Amazon/GooglePlay August 2015.

SCIENTASTIC! web Resource (Pollock-Creator/Executive Producer) A companion web resources for the television show with video-blog, learning games and teacher curriculum

How Bobby the Rat Catcher Changed the World – Short stories for children – a dramatic play (Pollock-Producer/director/writer) premièred 2009 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, and local schools through 2009/2010. Performed by Gale McNeeley. Part of Darwin 2009 – A Pittsburgh Partnership.

Spiral of Life Murals Series (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2009/2010 Unique installations. Part of Darwin 2009 – A Pittsburgh Partnership.

Carnegie Science Center Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (still installed) National Aviary Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

Horse Feet – an example of 65 million years of evolution (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2009. Part of Darwin 2009 – A Pittsburgh Partnership.

Ask Darwin – Darwin Synthetic Interview (Pollock-Producer/Director, Script by Dave Lampe) Museum release 2009; released on DVD 2009. Part of Darwin 2009 – A Pittsburgh Partnership.

Healthy Heart – A comic-book and DVD animated video to teach pediatric heart transplant patients about their own health care. (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2008

You Make Me Sick! – The board game (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2007 Poor Benny – the immunology game (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2007 Dr. Allevable’s Unbelievable Lab – Video Games (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2007 Immunologee – the Video Games (Pollock-Producer/director) released 2007 for testing. Partnership in Education – Web resource, digital library and learning tools and curriculum

http://thepartnershipineducation.com. Released 2006 – updated annually. ANIMATED FILMS

HOW WE GROW Museum release 2013; digital download available 2013 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voiceover and sound).


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MY NEW HEART released 2008 via the Hillman Pediatric Heart Transplant Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh – on DVD John Pollock Producer/Director (developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voiceover and sound).

OSTEOPOROSIS: CAUSE. EFFECTS. TREATMENT OPTIONS released 2007 – on DVD John Pollock Producer/Director (developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voiceover and sound).

OUR CELLS, OUR SELVES Museum release 2007; released on DVD 2007 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound). Part of Darwin 2009 – A Pittsburgh Partnership.

THE LABORATORY ROBOT SCIENCE FAIR – WITH DR. ALLEVABLE released on DVD 2005 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound).

BONE ENGINEERING WITH DR ALLEVABLE Museum release 2005; released on DVD 2005 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound).

DR ALLEVABLE’S UNBELIEVABLE LABORATORY Museum release 2005; released on DVD 2005 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound).

TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR LIFE, 2ND EDITION Museum release 2004; released on DVD 2004 John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound).

TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR LIFE Museum release 2003 (for testing) John Pollock Producer/Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed animation, voice over and sound).

GRAY MATTERS: THE BRAIN MOVIE Museum release 2000, re-released 2003 on DVD John Pollock co-Director (co-developed concept, co-wrote script, directed specific animation)

JOURNEY INTO THE LIVING CELL released 1996 John Pollock science advisor. Curriculum Resources (paired with Teacher Professional Development developed by Pollock and team) Aligned to PA State, NextGen and Common Core Heart Module & Webquest (ESL) – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2007) Bone Module & Webquest (ESL) – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2007) Spinal Cord Module & Webquest (ESL) – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2007) Dr. Allevable Movie Guide – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2007) Heart Outdoors – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) Extracellular Matrix Extravaganza – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) Immune Module – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) Immunology/”Our Cells…” Movie Guide & Webquest – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) B Cell Matchmaker, Lesson Plan & Board-game– Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) You Make Me Sick, Lesson Plan & Board-game– Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2008) Darwin2009/A Class System – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/What would I do without you – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/The Darwin Synthetic Interview & Webquest – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) –

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Darwin Synthethic Interview (Lite Version) Lesson Plan (for the app release 2015) Darwin Synthethic Interview (Paid) Lesson Plan (for the app release 2015)

Darwin2009/Evolution of Metabolism Puzzle Race – Teacher’s Guide/Student (2009) Darwin2009/Feathered Families – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/Unique Beak Physique – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/Family Trees – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/Veggie Variation – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/Mystery Seed – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) Darwin2009/Horse Evolution – Teacher’s Guide/Student workbook (2009) – Adopted by Pittsburgh

Public School Darwin2009/A Reading List – Developed in partnership with the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh (2009) Darwin2009/Alignment with Texas Teaching Standards – Teacher’s Guide (2009) DNA and Phylogenetic Tree Activity

Darwin2009/Spiral of Life Poster I Darwin2009/Sprial of Life Poster II Darwin2009/Sprial of Life Poster III Darwin2009/Sprial of Life Poster IV

DNA Day 2009 – Thymine Dimers – DNA & Phylogenetic Trees 2009 – Inheritance – Junk DNA 2009 – DNA Bracelets Our cells, Ourselves 2009 & 2014 – A set of activities exploring Type 1 Diabetes and the immune

system. Our Cells, Our Selves Viewing Guide Our Cells, Our Selves Lesson Plan

Scientastic! “Sticks & Stones” 2010 & 2014 – A set of activities exploring bone biology and bone health Sticks and Stones Viewing Guide Bag o' Bones Lesson Plan

Bone Jeopardy Bone Renovation Lesson Plan

Powers of Minus Ten Scientific Notation Lesson Plan Powers of Minus Ten Bone Lesson Plan

How We Grow 2013 – Lesson on reproduction, bone grown, and brain growth. How We Grow Viewing Guide How We Grow Lesson Plan

Scientastic! “Are you sleeping?” 2014 & 2017 – A set of activities exploring the biology of sleep Are You Sleeping Lesson Plan Are You Sleeping Viewing Guide Other Communications (un-refereed reports)


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J. A. Pollock, M. H. Ellisman, Seymour Benzer. 1990. Subcellular Localization of Transcripts in Drosophila photoreceptor neurons: chaoptic mutants have an aberrant distribution. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1990, #304, p. 217.

J. A. Pollock, T. Deerinck, M. H. Ellisman, Seymour Benzer. 1988. Subcellular Localization of mRNAs in Drosophila Developing and Adult Compound Eye Revealed by Light and Electron Microscopic In Situ Hybridization. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1988, # 315, p. 214.

D. Hyde, K. Mecklenburg, J. A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer. 1989. Characterization of 50 Individual Visual System Drosophila cDNA Clones. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1989, #301, p. 207.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1989. In Situ Hybridization of Gene Products Expressed in the Drosophila Visual System. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1989, #302, p. 207.

J. A. Pollock, T. Deerinck, M. H. Ellisman, Seymour Benzer. 1989. Electron Microscopic In Situ Hybridization. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1989, # 303, p. 208.

P. Batterham, J. A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer. 1989 The Role of the lozenge Gene in Eye Development. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1989, #310, p. 211.

J. A. Pollock, L. H. Von Kalm, D. Sullivan. 1989. Developmental Expression of Glycerol Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GPDH) in Drosophila. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1989, #314, p. 214.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1988. Expression of Four Distinct Opsins in the Three Visual Organs of Drosophila. Caltech Biology Annual Report, # 310, p. 211.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1988. Comparison of the Developmental Expression of Three Eye Genes in Drosophila Development: chaoptic, sevenless and ninaE opsin Rh1. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1988, #311, p. 211.

D. Hyde, K. Mecklenburg, J. A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer. 1988. The Identification and Characterization of 60 Drosophila cDNA Clones Expressed in the Visual System. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1988, #312, p. 212.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1987. Expression of the sevenless Gene. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1987, # 263, p. 183.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1987. The sevenless Gene Transcript is Ectopically Expressed in the Salivary Gland of Certain Alleles. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1987, # 264, p. 184.

J. A. Pollock. 1986. Tissue Localization of Transcription for the 24B10 Gene. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1986, #292, p. 198.

D. Hyde and J. A. Pollock. 1986. A Protein Associated with a Particular Drosophila Sensory Organ. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1986, # 294, p. 199.

J. A. Pollock. 1985. Monoclonal Antibody Staining of Drosophila Embryos. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1985, #286, p. 203.

J. A. Pollock. 1985. Generating Monoclonal Antibodies to the Developing Drosophila Visual System. Caltech Biology Annual Report 1985, #287, p. 204.

J. A. Pollock, W. A. Clark and E. D. Lipson. 1980. Isolation of Bright-Seeing Mutants of Phycomyces. Phycomyces Newsletter 4:47-48.

J. A. Pollock and E. D. Lipson. 1982. Examination of Phycomyces for Nitrate Reductase Activity. Phycomyces Newsletter 5:7-10.

Invited Lectures at national and international meetings (presented by first author) SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS ON BASIC SCIENCE. J. A. Pollock. 2017. “Pain-Specific” Pain Therapy and Improving Patient Awareness of Pain through

STEM Education. OPIOIDS in AMERICA: The Science, Law and Policy of a National Epidemic. A Forensic Fridays Seminar, The Cyril Wecht Institute of Forensic Science & Law, Duquesne University.

J. A. Pollock. 2015. “Ouch, Let Me See Where it Hurts: Visualizing Neuroinflammatory Pain.” American Pain Society Annual Meeting, May 13-16, 2014, Palm Springs, CA.


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J. A. Pollock. 2014. “Ouch, Let Me See Where it Hurts: Acute to Chronic Pain Transition in Neuroinflammatory Pain of Chronic Constriction Injury.” McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, March 9-11, 2014, Nemacolin Woodlands, PA.

J. A. Pollock & J. M. Janjic. 2012. Acute to Chronic Pain Transition in Postsurgical Recovery: Combined Input from Immune System and Peripheral Nervous System. Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Board Meeting. March 22, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

J. A. Pollock. 2005. The Value of International Research: Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics of Cell Survival & Cell Differentiation in Fly Eye Development. East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Program, Office of International Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation, April 3-5, 2005 in Arlington, VA.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. 3-D Animation for Illustration and Education; Stories from the Tissue Engineering Show and Educational Partnership. Mid-Atlantic meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, May 21 – 22, 2004. Duquesne University.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. Ethics in Biological Research; Questions of Stem Cell Science. Keynote address for the Summer Interns Ethics Forum, July 2003. University of Pittsburgh.

J. A. Pollock, N. A. Siddall, K. J. Behan, C. D. Nichols, J. R. Crew, T. L. Cheung, A. Farlow, J. A. Fair, B. M. Hogan, P. Batterham. 2003. The RUNX family transcript factor Lozenge, provides a survival signal for selected cells in the developing Drosophila eye; Lozenge is also an effector of EGFR-RAS. International Congress of Genetics - Great Barrier Reef Drosophila Conference Cairns, Queensland.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. Invited co-moderator for the Regulation of Gene Expression session of the 44th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 2003, Chicago, IL.

J. A. Pollock. 1997. Science and Technology Center Talk: "Automated light microscopy for the study of brain dynamics and development at the cellular level. University of Melbourne Faculty of Science, Melbourne Australia.

J. A. Pollock, B. Maneckshana, T. E. Leonardo. 1997. Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Digital Movie Analysis of The Developing Fruit Fly Eye In Organ Culture. Microscopy and Microanalysis 3, supp. 2 pp. 1129 - 1130.

J. A. Pollock and T. E. Leonardo. 1996. Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Digital Movie Analysis of the Developing Eye-Imaginal Disc in Organ Culture. Third Visual System Development Workshop, Asilomar, Pacific Grove CA.

J. A. Pollock. 1995. The Developing Eye. Göttingen Brain Workshop, Göttingen Germany, March 26 - 27, 1995.

J. A. Pollock. 1994. Genes, Cells and Networks: Images of the Developing Visual System. Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, October 16 - 17.

J. A. Pollock. 1992. Gene Expression In Space And Time: A Fly-Eyed View of Developmental Neurobiology. 25th Adirondacks Molecular Biology and Genetics Conference, Syracuse University Minnowbrook Conference, Blue Mountain Lake, NY. October, 1992. pp. 23.

J. A. Pollock. 1991. Molecular Cell Biology and Gene Expression in The Developing Visual System. National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute, Workshop on Drosophila as a Model for Understanding the Human Visual System. Bethesda, MD, April 1991.

J. A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer, T. Deerinck, M. Martone and M. H. Ellisman. 1991. In-Situ Localization of mRNAs and Proteins with both Light and Electron Microscopy. Ed. G. W. Bailey, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscopy Society of America (EMSA), pp. 50 - 51.

J. A. Pollock, M. Martone, T. Deerinck and M. H. Ellisman. 1991. mRNA Localization by Electron Microscopic In-Situ Hybridization. Ed. G. W. Bailey, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscopy Society of America (EMSA), pp. 430 - 431.

J. A. Pollock. 1991. Drosophila trp-Protein is Subcellularly Localizes to Control Ca++ Flux During Production of the Receptor Potential; Does it Also Function at the Synapse? Fourth meeting on


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Molecular Neurobiology of Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Press, pp. 11.

J. A. Pollock. 1990. Molecular Cell Biology and Gene Expression in The Developing Visual System. The 3rd European Symposium on Drosophila Neurogenetics. Saint-Rèmy-lès-Chevreuse, France, October 28 - November 1, 1990. Journal of Neurogenetics 7 140 (1991).

J. A. Pollock. 1990. Molecular Cell Biology of The Developing Drosophila Eye. The EMBO Workshop on Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, Kolymbari, Crete, April 29 - May 6, 1990.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1989. A Photoreceptor Cell Specific Antibody With Unique Subcellular Localization. Third meeting on Molecular Neurobiology of Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, October 1989.

J. A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer. 1988. Molecular Expression of Retinal Specific Genes Through Development in Drosophila. Investigative Ophthalmology Visual Science 29, 376. (A refereed and published abstract of an invited talk presented by Pollock.)

J. A. Pollock. 1988. Subcellular Localization of mRNAs in the Developing Drosophila Eye. The EMBO Workshop on Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, Kolymbari, Crete, August 27 - September 4, 1988.

J. A. Pollock, D. T. Sullivan, and E. D. Lipson. 1982. Characterization of Plasma Membrane Flavoproteins From Stage I Sporangiophores of Phycomyces Wild Type and Class 1 Mutants by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis. Phycomyces Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, August, 1982.

INVITED LECTURES ON TEACHING, PUBLIC SCIENCE EDUCATION/OUTREACH AND ON HOW PEOPLE LEARN J. A. Pollock 2017 Adaptive Reading: Interactive Stories for Learning. Apple Distinguished Educators

Academy, Houston, TX. July 2017. J. A. Pollock 2017 Darwin in your pocket. Apple Distinguished Educators Academy, Houston, TX. July

2017. J. A. Pollock 2016. STORY. TEDx Youth@SquirrelHill. Kresge Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University,

October 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_1RRg5JfW8 J. A. Pollock 2015. “How People Learn: Stories from Transmedia STEM and Health Literacy.” Serious

Play Conference. July 2015. J. A. Pollock 2014. "Ouch, Let Me See Where it Hurts" and "So, This is How We Learn". Carnegie

Science Center, Café Scientifique. March 10, 2014. Podcast: http://carnegiesciencecenter.podomatic.com/entry/2014-03-19T07_22_17-07_00

J. A. Pollock 2013. Is There an App for That? Designing and Implementing Apps to Improve Patient Outcomes. American Transplant Congress, Seattle WA, May 18-22, 2013

J. A. Pollock 2011. Communicating Complex Ideas in a General Public Exhibition and Building Strategic SEPA ISE Connections. Science Education Partnership Awards Director’s Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

J. Ricou*, D. Commisso, J A. Pollock. 2010. The Evolution of Evolution: The Tree, The Spiral and The Web of Life. Extended abstract published. Proceedings: London International Education Conference. *presenter.

J. A. Pollock 2010. From Planetariums, to Kiosks, to the Web: A multi-modal approach to games for health. The 6th Annual Games for Health Conference, Boston, May 2010 (Invited Talk – Mentioned in USA Today May 27, 2010 by Mike Snider)

J. A. Pollock. 2009. Science education through multimedia: Challenging stories of stem cells and evolution. McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Annual Meeting 2009.


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J. A. Pollock. 2009. Public education and outreach through full-dome video technology. In: Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach. American Physical Society Annual Meeting March 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

J. A. Pollock. 2009. Keynote address: Science education films and games; Exploring human tissues. Dinner with a Scientist – University of the Pacific, March 2009.

J. A. Pollock. 2009. Keynote address: Tissue Engineering for Life and the stories of Regenerative Medicine – the movies. Dinner with a Scientist – California State University, March 2009.

J. A. Pollock 2008. Art and science in health literacy. Science Education Partnership Awards Director’s Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

J. A. Pollock 2008. Regenerative medicine partnership in education-2008. Science Education Partnership Awards Director’s Annual Meeting, Washington DC. (Poster).

J. A. Pollock 2008. The making of “Our Cells…”: A story of evolution, the immune system and Type 1 diabetes. Science Education Partnership Awards Director’s Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

J. A. Pollock 2008. Teaching regenerative medicine – Elementary education bioscience. A teacher training workshop for the Summer Institute – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. (Invited day-long workshop).

J. A. Pollock 2008. How to develop strong programming using outcomes-based evaluation tools. Association for Science and Technology Centers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.

J. A. Pollock 2008. Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA): A grant proposal and funding opportunity. Association for Science and Technology Centers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. (Session Leader and Invited Talk).

J. A. Pollock, L. L. Gonzalez, J. Ricou (2007) Simulation video game based on the immune system, coproduced with immersive planetarium movie. A production of Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education. Science + Society: Closing the Gap, Boston, 2007.

J. A. Pollock (2007) Introduction to “OUR CELLS, OURSELVES” a new digital dome planetarium show. A preview release of the new show at the 2007 Triple Conjunction: Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, Southeastern Planetarium Association, Great Lakes Planetarium Association. October 2007.

J. A. Pollock 2006. Science education through art and film. Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts, January 2006.

J. A. Pollock 2005. Journey through the human brain: An introduction to the world premiere of the film The Laboratory Robot Science Fair with Dr. Allevable: The story of tissue engineering and healing the spine and brain. Parkinson Foundation Fundraising “Fantasy Walk” Carnegie Science Center, October 16, 2005.

J. A. Pollock 2005. Tissue engineering: Art, science, and education. ConFluence: The Seventeenth Annual Literary Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers Conference. Pittsburgh, PA July 16, 2005 Invited.

J. A. Pollock. 2005. Tissue engineering show and educational partnership: The scholarship of integration for public outreach. Tissue Engineering and the McGowan Institute, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA, April 2005. (Poster).

J. A. Pollock 2005. Tissue engineering show and educational partnership. NIH/NCRR Science Education Partnership Award Directors Meeting, February 2005, Tucson, AZ. (Poster).

J. A. Pollock, D. L. Farkas, Alan J. Russell. 2004. Tissue engineering show and educational partnership: The scholarship of integration for public outreach. Regenerate – Tissue Engineering the Human Body, Seattle WA, June 9-12, 2004.

J. A. Pollock. 2004. Plenary session panel: Key issues in partnership development – Lessons learned from the field. Evaluating Collaborations. NIH/NCRR Science Education Partnership Award Directors Meeting, February 2004, St. Louis, MO.

J. A. Pollock, D. L. Farkas 2004. Tissue engineering show and educational partnership. NIH/NCRR Science Education Partnership Award Directors Meeting, February 2004, St. Louis, MO. (Poster).


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J. A. Pollock. 2004. Presentation of the movie, “Tissue Engineering for Life.” NIH/NCRR Science Education Partnership Award Directors Meeting, February 2004, St. Louis, MO.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. Pittsburgh Foundation Lecture – “Tissue Engineering for Life” the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium at the Carnegie Science Center, March 2003.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. Keynote presentation for press preview – “Tissue Engineering for Life” the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium at the Carnegie Science Center, January 21, 2003.

J. A. Pollock. 2003. Special presentation on “Tissue Engineering for Life” for ETG - Japanese delegation at the third annual Engineering Tissue Growth International Conference and Exposition, March 18, 2003. (This was a companion lecture to the Japanese language version of Tissue Engineering for Life.)

R. Fisher (artist), J. A. Pollock (biologist), and R. B. Dannenberg (composer/computer scientist). Invited co-presenters. 2001. An audience-interactive multimedia production on the brain. ArtSci2001 Nov. 2-4, 2001CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. New York.

J. A. Pollock. 2001 The brain project presents Gray Matters, the Brain Movie: An audience-interactive planetarium show. Grass Foundation traveling lecturer for the Society for Neuroscience 2001 Brain Awareness Week, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. April 7, 2001.

J. A. Pollock, T. Abdulaziz, R.N. Fisher, J.L. McClelland. 1999. Gray Matters: The Tracking the Human Brain interactive multimedia presentation. 29th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Miami FL, October 1999. (A refereed and published abstract.)

J.L. McClelland, J. A. Pollock, J.D. Cohen, R.N. Fisher, T. Abdulaziz. 1998. Tracking the Human Brain: An interactive multimedia presentation. 28th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles CA, November 1998. (A refereed and published abstract.)

Outreach Education Programs & Teacher Professional Development on how people learn using

the resources that I have produced. 2013 Six-week Summer Science Camp for 1st – 8th grades – FUSION Program, Center of Life,

Hazelwood – Coordinated by Charelise Davis (Presented by Deavon Rodgers, Brandi Daugherty, Jean Jagiello & John Pollock and others).

2011 Teacher professional development – Evolution – Darwin and the evolution of horse feet, Laredo Independent School, Laredo, TX. Created by John Pollock and Brinley Kantorski, presented by Ms. Brinley Kantorski.

2009 Teacher professional development – Pittsburgh Public Schools 9th grade science teachers. Evolution – Darwin and the evolution of horse feet. Presented by John Pollock.

2008 - 2013 Teacher professional development – Environmental Health Sciences Summer Institute for K-12 Educators. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Science Park. Stem cells and evolution.

2004-present Exploring the education of young learners – Volunteer for science and reading pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and 1st grade. Winchester-Thurston Independent School (contacts – Suzy Flynn, Kitty Worley, Jennifer Krarr, Joan Flechtner, Kelly Vignale, among others).

Select Meeting Presentations (Since 2008): (presented by first author unless otherwise noted. Not

including invited presentation listed above) A. Stevens, L. Liu, J. Janjic, J.A. Pollock. (2018) Differential gene expression of neuroinflammatory

mediators following administration of macrophage targeted nanoparticles in peripheral neuropathy. Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium, March 2018

A. Stevens, M Saleem, L. Liu, J. Janjic, J.A. Pollock. (2018) Differential gene expression of neuroinflammatory mediators following administration of The Journal of Pain 19 (3), S100, 2018


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M. Saleem, J.M. Janjic, S. Liu, J.A. Pollock. (2018) Peripheral and DRG expression of MCP-1 following administration of anti-inflammatory drug-loaded nanoemulsion in a rat CCI model. Poster No. 277. American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting. March 4 – 6, 2018. Anaheim, CA.

A. Stevens A, Saleem M, Liu S, Janjic J, Pollock. (2017) Neuroinflammatory gene expression changes after chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve in rat following administration of macrophage targeted nanoparticles. PISA 2017 Pathobiology for Investigators, Students, and Academicians. Pittsburgh PA Abstract published in The American Journal of Pathology (September 2017) and poster presentation.

M. Saleem, J.M. Janjic, S. Liu, J.A. Pollock. (2017) Macrophage protein expression changes following administration of anti-inflammatory drug-loaded nanoemulsion in a rat CCI model. Poster No. 160. American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting. May 17 – 20, 2017. Pittsburgh, PA.

A. Stevens, M, Saleem, Liu S, Janjic J, Pollock. (2017) Peripheral gene expression changes in chronic constriction injury (CCI) rat model at the sciatic nerve following administration neuroinflammation targeted nanoparticles. The American Pain Society 2017 Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2017.

M. Saleem, Vasudeva K., Patel S.K., Hitchens K., Stevens, A., Janjic, J.M., Pollock J.A. (2015) Mechanical hypersensitivity reversal with drug-loaded nanoemulsion in a CCI model. Program No. 62.23. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, 2015. Online.

M. Saleem, Vasudeva K., Patel S.K., Hitchens K., Stevens, A., Janjic, J.M., Pollock J.A. (2015) Theranostic nanoemulsion-loaded drug reverses hypersensitivity in a rat CCI model. Barriers to the Translation of Pain Research meeting, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA. June 11 and 12 2015 - Awarded Gerald F Gebhart Distinguished Research Prize for poster presentation.

M. Saleem, Janjic, J.M., Vasudeva K., Hitchens K., Patel S.K., Pollock J.A. (2014) Nanotheranostics as a tool for search, rescue and discovery: Understanding chronic pain processing in the peripheral nervous system. Neuroscience 2014, 243.02/EE6.

K. Vasudeva, Y Zhang, S Patel, K Andersen, A Balducci, TK Hitchens, JM Janjic, JA Pollock. (2012) In-vivo neuroinflammation imaging of cci rats in chronic pain using nanotechnology. Poster session to be presented at: Neuroscience 2012; 2012 October 13-17; New Orleans, Louisiana.

J.M. Janjic, Y Zhang, K Vasudeva, K Andersen , A Balducci, TK Hitchens, JA Pollock. (2012) First Perfluorocarbon Nanotheranostic for Neuroinflammation Imaging and Treatment. Poster session presented at: Targeting Pain with Novel Therapeutics. Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s 11th annual World Pharma Congress; 2012 June 5-7; Philadelphia, PA.

K. Vasudeva, Y. Zhang, K. Andersen, A. Balducci, T.K. Hitchens, J. A. Pollock, JM Janjic 2012. In vivo imaging post-surgery in a CCI rat model - can nanotechnology provide new answers in chronic pain? Poster session presented at: 11th Annual McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Scientific Retreat; 2012 March 4-6; Farmington, PA.

J. A. Pollock, D. J. Lampe 2012. Darwin Synthetic Interview and Horse Feet – Teaching Evolution through engagement and interactivity. 53th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, IL. March 7-11, 2012.

K. Andersen, D. L. Somers, J. A. Pollock 2011. Expression of TRPV1 and splice variants in rat dorsal root ganglia following peripheral nerve injury. SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE Annual Meeting, Pain Transduction: TRP Channels II. 273.12/KK1.

J. A. Pollock, N. Siddall, G. Hime, P. Batterham 2010. Ttk69-dependent repression of lozenge prevents the ectopic development of R7 cells. 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington, DC.

B. Zeyzus, C. Kruth, D. Somers, J. A. Pollock 2008. Differential expression of TRP genes and isoforms and their role in nociception using a rat neuropathic pain model. SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE Annual Meeting, Pain Molecules & Mechanisms 415.1

J. A. Pollock, J. McKay, B. Nightingale. 2008 Helmsman is expressed in trachea and retina: Inactivation alters tracheal morphology and visual guided behavior. 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego CA.


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RECENT PRESS ON POLLOCK’S PROJECTS Six Pittsburgh professors named as scientific fellows November 28, 2018 By David Templeton | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2018/11/28/Duquesne-Pittsburgh-AAAS-science-Pitt-Carnegie-Mellon-Pollock-

Levy-Leibovich-Lowry-Woodward/stories/201811270101

For Mentorships to Work, Colleges Have to Commit November 18, 2018 By Alexander C. Kafka | The Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/article/For-Mentorships-to-Work/245114 Duquesne University Science Professor Receives Presidential Award Jun 27, 2018, 11:59 ET By Kenneth Walters | Duquesne University | PR Newswire carried by 228 outlets https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/duquesne-university-science-professor-receives-presidential-award-300673323.html New concussion app uses eggs and woodpeckers to explains the science February 20, 2018 By David Templeton | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2018/02/20/New-Concussion-app-Duquesne-University-John-Pollock/stories/201802200008 Parents’ Choice Award Review – REBOUND: Beating Concussion, an Adaptive Reader (app) http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=35557&StepNum=1&award=aw Ask Charles Darwin? (Public can ‘interview’ Darwin with new app) February 22, 2016 12:00 AM By David Templeton | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2016/02/22/Ask-Charles-Darwin-questions-with-a-new-Duquesne-University-app/stories/201602220012 You Should Know • John A. Pollock By Alexa Mavrogianis | September 2016, pg 30. | Pittsburgh Magazine http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/September-2016/You-Should-Know-John-A-Pollock/ STEM Resources and more from the Partnershipin Education. National Science Teachers Association • NSTA Reports, Summer 2016 vol. 21 (1), pg. G1 http://www.nsta.org/publications/freebies.aspx (search Duquesne to find article) Newsmaker: John Pollock BY TORY N. PARRISH | Friday, March 4, 2016, 11:55 p.m. | Tribune Review http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/9966227-74/education-duquesne-pollock Ask Charles Darwin? (Public can ‘interview’ Darwin with new app) February 22, 2016 12:00 AM By David Templeton | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2016/02/22/Ask-Charles-Darwin-questions-with-a-new-Duquesne-University-app/stories/201602220012 A front-page P-G article reprinted in part or whole throughout the US, Caribbean, New Zealand,

India, Europe. Chatting with John About Charles Posted on February 16, 2016 Stephanie Keep | National Center for Science Education http://ncse.com/blog/2016/02/chatting-with-john-charles-0016913


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Parents’ Choice Award Review – Darwin Synthetic Interview (app) http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=34117&StepNum=1&award=aw Parents’ Choice Award Review – Cityhacks: In Search of Sleep (ebook) http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=34119&StepNum=1&award=aw App developed in Pittsburgh facilitates conversations with a "synthetic" Charles Darwin Posted By Ashley Murray on Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:53 AM | Pittsburgh City Paper http://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2016/02/12/app-developed-in-pittsburgh-facilitates-conversations-with-a-synthetic-charles-darwin Heyl: Darwin as first candidate for interview app seems like natural selection By Eric Heyl | Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, 9:57 p.m. | Tribune Review http://triblive.com/opinion/ericheyl/9926255-74/darwin-app-pollock Chatting with Charles Posted on February 12, 2016 Evolution In the classroom Stephanie Keep | National Center for Science Education http://ncse.com/blog/2016/02/chatting-with-charles-0016912 iDarwin A synthetic interview with the father of evolutionary theory, now available as a smartphone app,

teaches students and the public about the famed biologist. By Jef Akst | February 1, 2016 The Scientist http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45099/title/iDarwin/ Pittsburgh-made show on sleep science wins 2 Emmys BY CYNTHIA BOMBACH HELZEL | Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, 5:43 p.m. | Tribune Review http://triblive.com/aande/moreaande/9334820-74/science-television-sleep ‘Scientastic’ promotes the link between learning and rest. By Christy Gelling | September 23, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2013/09/23/Scientastic-promotes-the-link-between-learning-and-rest/stories/201309230060 Local students conduct science summer camp for kids in Pittsburgh By Jenny Wagner | August 28, 2013 | The Beaver County Times http://www.timesonline.com/community/news/local-students-conduct-sci...ids-in-pittsburgh/article_66c78675-803f-510a-bc63-3df47cdffc4f.html


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SUMMARY OF GRANTS AWARDED FOR BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH

Agency Title Dates Amount Investigators Commonwealth Universal

Research Enhancement, PA Dept. of Health

The Molecular Basis of neuroinflammatory pain…

2017-2019 $64,500 PI Pollock, Co-I Janjic

NSF-DBI MRI: Acquistion of a Confocal Microscope for research and teaching

2017-2020 $333,191NSF $142,796 DUQ Matching

PI Pollock

Charles Henry Leach II Fund

Investigating the molecular basis of neuroinflammatory pain with nanotechnology

2016-2017 $21,436 PI Pollock

NIH•CEBRA (R21) National Institute on Drug

Abuse

Theranostic Pain Nanomedicines: imaging inflammation, reducing pain and need for opioids

2015-2017 $330,000 PI Janjic & Co-I Pollock Co-I Kolber

Duquesne University ‘Provost’s Consortium

Award’

Chronic Pain Research Consortium

2014-2016 $50,000 Partnering PIs Janjic & Pollock

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Inc.

Acute to Chronic Pain Transition in Postsurgical Recovery.

2011-2013 $100,000 Partnering PIs Janjic & Pollock

Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation

New research direction on the molecular basis of vertebrate pain specificity

2008-2010 $9,500 PI Pollock

The Duquesne University Hunkele Dreaded Disease Award

Pain management should be pain specific: Assessing TRP/Ca2+activity associated with chronic pain

2006-2009 $10,000 PI Pollock

NSF-DBI Acquisition of a confocal microscope

2004-2006 $185,890 $80,000 DUQ Matching

PI Pollock

Duquesne University Faculty Development Award

Exploring insect pest management, a genomic approach

2004 -2007

$9,900

PI Pollock

Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement, PA Dept. of Health

Screening human breast cancers for steryl sulfatase status

2003-2004 $37,500 PI Selcer co-investigator

Pollock

NSF-INT US-Australia cooperative research: Molecular genetic analysis with 3-D time lapse microscopy

1998-2004

$44,487

PI Pollock

NSF Acquisition of a transmission electron microscope

1995 $380,000 Co-PI Ettensohn Pollock

NSF-STC Science and Technology Center support

1994-2001 $120,500 Co-PI Taylor et al., Pollock

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

Molecular control of neural induction and cell proliferation during visual system development

1991-1994 $80,000 PI Pollock

NIH-NEI R55 Molecular cell biology and gene expression in the retina

1992-1994 $100,000 PI Pollock

San Diego Microscopy and Imaging Resource

Visiting research scholar 1991 $10,000 PI Pollock


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Agency Title Dates Amount Investigators NIH Instrumentation Grant

Acquisition of a Cryomicrotome 1990 $50,000 PI Pollock

Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation

Gene specific mutation in Drosophila

1990 $12,000 PI Pollock

NIH-NEI R03 Subcellular localization of mRNAs in developing retina

1989-1990 $50,000 PI Pollock

NIH High Voltage EM scholar fellowship

1989-1990 $10,000 PI Pollock

L. P. Markey Research grant in developmental biology

1986-1988 $150,000 Pollock and Benzer

NIH-NEI F32 Postdoctoral research fellowship: Analysis of retinal specific proteins

1984-1987 $75,000 Pollock

Procter and Gamble Postdoctoral research fellowship 1984 $25,000 Pollock Syracuse University Competitive research grant 1982 $1,000 Pollock

GRANTS/FUNDING RECEIVED FOR TEACHING, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND STUDIES ON LEARNING.

Agency Title Years Amount Role NIH-NIGMS R25 (1R25GM132910-0 start 8/1/2019)

Partnership for Prevention: managing stress, anxiety, & pain

2019-2024 $1,350,000

PI Pollock

NSF & White House Award for Excellence in Mentoring 2015(2018) $10,000 PI Pollock The Hillman

Foundation BiblioTech and Discovers

Transmedia 2016-2018 $250,000 PI Pollock

NIH-NCRR R25

Partnership in Neuroscience Education

2014-2019 $1,413,286

PI Pollock

McCune Foundation Scientastic! Television series and related digital media

2012-2015 $250,000 PI Pollock

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Scientastic! A Health Literacy Television Show and Related Education Tools.

2010-2011 $55,000 PI Pollock

Congressional appropriation H.R.1105 earmark – Dept of Education

Health and science literacy education film project

2009-2010 $285,000 Pollock

NIH-NCRR R25

Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education ARRA Award – 2009

2009-2011 $230,738 PI Pollock

UPMC Health Plan (An Insurance Company)

Sponsorship for the Darwin Celebration – 2009

2009 $15,000 Co-PI Pollock and Lampe

John Templeton Award Darwin 2009: A Pittsburgh Partnership

2009-2010 $34,334 Co-PI Pollock and Lampe

NIH Darwin Evolution/Revolution Award 2008-2009 $8,467 PI Pollock Hillman Foundation Promoting independence and

adherence in pediatric heart transplant

2007-2009 $26,600 PI Lawrence and Stilley

Co-investigator Pollock

NIH-NCRR R25

Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education

2005 -2011 $1,541,970

PI Pollock

NIH-NCRR R25

Tissue Engineering Show and Educational Partnership

2000 -2005 $1,676,699

PI Pollock (co-PI D. Farkas

2000-2003)


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Service (selected activities) University • Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Advisory Committee for the School of Education, Duquesne

University (2018 – present) • University Grievance Committee (2012 – present) • Service-Learning Advisory Committee (2006 – 2011) • Co-Chairman Service Learning Advisory Committee (2007 – 2010) • Duquesne University Institutional Biosafety Committee (2004 – 2009) • Co-Director of Chronic Pain Consortium (2011 – present) • University Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants Selection Committee (2009-2010) • University advancement – presentation and planning for major gifts. • Special Invited Lecture by John Pollock. Arts & Science for Education: A look into the Biomedical

Future of Regenerative Medicine. A lecture for McAnulty College ODYSSEY DAY on April 21, 2007 • Special Invited Lecture by John Pollock. "How can you get the most out of your brain." Organized

by Juraj Adamik for students of Towers in the mutli-purpose room on April 18th 2007 at 9 pm • Special Invited Lecture by John Pollock. "Global Climate Change 101." Organized by Adam

Wasilko and Luci-Jo DiMaggio for Assumption Hall/Honors College November 13th 2008 at 4 pm School/Department • Chair - Departmental Microscopy Resource (2001 to present)

Instrumentation grant written in 2003. Leica SP2 Confocal installed November 2004 and integrated into Superlab course (BIOL 372) in Spring 2005. I provide individualized training for every user (faculty, graduate student and undergraduate student) for colleagues in Biology, Chemistry, Rangos School and the School of Pharmacy.

Instrumentation grant written in 2017. Nikon A1R Confocal installed November 2017 and integrated into Superlab course (BIOL 372) in Spring 2018.

• Co-director for Darwin 2009: A Pittsburgh Partnership. Together with Dave Lampe, we managed a wide variety of activities, events, exhibits and

lectures to explore and celebrate the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin as well as the fundamental principles of evolution that he articulated. (2008-2010)

http://www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin/pdf/Darwin2009Brochure.pdf http://www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin/pdf/322469%20Darwin%20brochure%2011.08.pdf

• Bayer School Promotion and Tenure Committee (2011 to 2015) • Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Strategic Planning Committee (2003 -2005) • Strategic Planning Committee – Biology (2008 – present) • BlackBoard Certification and re-certification • Managed Departmental Seminar periodically • Lectured in Duquesne University Preview Day • Lectured BSNES FAST program on Ethics July (2013 to present)


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• Graduate Admission – recruiting (2005 to present) • Graduate Committee (2007 to present) • Director of Graduate Program – Department of Biology (2009/2010) • Faculty Search Committee (2001, 2002, 2003) • Aided Chair Search Committee (2004/2005; 2005/2006; 2010/2011; 2013/2014) • Mentoring Undergraduates (2001 to present) • Qualifying Exam Committees (2001 to present) • Thesis Defense Committees (2001 to present) • Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences & McAnulty College of Liberal Arts collaborative

course in Topics in Math. COMMUNITY SERVICE • National Academy of Sciences, Science & Engineering Ambassadors advisor (2012 – 2015) • Creating and directing a six-week Science Summer Camp as part of the Center of Life/FUSION

Summer Program for 1st – 8th grades, in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, PA (2013) • Trustee & Ambassador of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Member of the

Board (2012 – present) • Carnegie Museum of Art – Art & Science Advisor to the Curator of Education – Marilyn Russell

(2012) • Generative Thinking Strategic Planning Committee – Winchester Thurston Independent School

(2011) • Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Advisor to the Director – Sam Taylor (2010) • Advisory Board for dynamic PK-12 STEM curriculum – Winchester Thurston Independent School.

(2010; 2016) • Reading tutor – Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade Winchester Thurston School. (2005 – present) • Guest Lectures – Winchester Thurston School. (2005 – present) Global Climate Change History of Flight – The Wright Flyer. History of the Alphabet – From hieroglyphics to ABC. Sight – How the Eye and Brain let us See. Hearing – How we can hear more than one thing at a time. ` Human Evolution – the last 4 million years. Rockets – to Explore the Sky. • Celebrate Life-Celebrate Art – Persad Center benefit. (1996 – 2006) I have served on the organizing committee, volunteer coordinator and live auction among other

duties. The event raises several hundred thousand dollars for Persads counseling efforts every year.

Persad (www.persadcenter.org ) is a Pittsburgh based counseling center, founded in 1972. Through strong commitment by the Board of Directors and from the generosity of the community, Persad Center is able to offer counseling services regardless of the client’s ability to pay.


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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • Delegate – The White House State-Federal STEM Summit Planning Meeting for the Federal STEM

Education 5-Year Strategic Plan (June 2018) • Grant Reviewer for Applied Pain Research Award (APRA) peer review panel of the 2015/16/17

Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program (CRMRP) for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

• NSF reviewer for Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program 2014. • NIH Study Section MDCN6 (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurosciences 1999 – 2000). • NIH Study Section ZRG1 CB-J 56 (Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group for Science

Education Partnership Awards, R25, 2014) • Ad Hoc Grant reviewer: National Science Foundation, March of Dimes, and National Institute of

Health • Ad Hoc reviews for peer-reviewed journals including among others:

BIOMED CENTRAL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY JOUNRAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING LEONARDO (MIT Press) NEUROSCIENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE NATURE SCIENCE

• Textbook Reviews for John Wiley & Sons including: CELL BIOLOGY (review of the prospectus, table of contents, and two chapters) INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (review of chapters 2, 4, 6). • Organized and co-moderator for the symposium Regulation of Gene Expression at the 44th Annual

Drosophila Research Conference, March 2003, Chicago, IL. • Organizer and Session Leader for the symposium Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA):

A grant proposal and funding opportunity at the Association for Science and Technology Centers Annual Meeting, October 2008, Philadelphia, PA.

• External Advisory Board for the University of Pittsburgh Clinical Translational Science (CTSI) Education Outreach Program (2011 – 2012)

• Selection Committee for the Carnegie Science Awards


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Teaching at Duquesne University since Autumn 2001 GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Course # Title BIOL 513 Developmental Biology BIOL 571 Lab II: Cell and Molecular Biology BIOL 572 Lab III: Cell & Systems Physiology BIOL 575 Neurobiology BIOL 576 Lab VI: Microscopy BIOL 646 Advanced Topics - Signaling BIOL 646 Advanced Topics - Pain BIOL 646 Advanced Topics - lncRNA BIOL 646 Advanced Topics – Central Dogma & Synthetic Genomes BIOL 667 Advanced Molecular Biology BIOL 674 Bioethics (1 lecture per year) BIOL 690 Department Seminar UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT (number of times taught) Course # Title CORE 171 Core Science: Biology BIOL 250 Genetics (Lecturer & Course coordinator after the death of Dr. Ed Weisberg) BIOL 313 Developmental Biology MATH 320 Topics in Mathematics Course coordinator - Dr. Stacey Levine Lecture & student resources by Pollock BIOL 371 Lab II: Cell and Molecular Biology BIOL 372 Lab III: Cell & Systems Physiology BIOL 376 Lab VI: Microscopy BIOL 398 Undergraduate Research BIOL 490 Department Seminar BIOL 475 Neurobiology BlackBoard certified – used in all courses ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT OR SUPERVISION

Doctoral Students Jennifer Rae Crew, PhD August 1995 – Mentor John Pollock "A morphological and developmental analysis of the adult compound eye phenotypes caused by

mutations in the lozenge locus of Drosophila melanogaster"

Charles Nichols, PhD July 1997 – Mentor John Pollock "Molecular characterization of the lozenge locus of Drosophila melanogaster"

James McKay, PhD August 1997 – Mentor John Pollock "Identification and characterization of helmsman, a gene involved in the development of the embryonic

tracheal system and the adult visual system in Drosophila melanogaster"

Kristina J. Behan, PhD June 2001 – Mentor John Pollock "Double Tiered Interactions between Lozenge and Ets factors in Drosophila"


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Kiran Vasudeva, Ph.D. August 2015 – Mentor John Pollock “Cytokine dynamics, diagnosis and treatment of neuroinflammation in chronic constriction injury.”

Muzamil Saleem (Ph.D. graduation 2019) – Mentor John Pollock “Nanomedicine-driven neuropathic pain relief in rat model is associated with macrophage polarity and

mast cell activation” Andrea Jacobs (Ph.D. anticipated graduation 2020) – Mentor John Pollock Brooke Deal (Ph.D. anticipated graduation 2022) – Mentor John Pollock Alyssa Brauckmann (M.S. Bioengineering anticipated graduation 2020) – Mentor John Pollock Dissertation committee co-chair – Students in collaborative research between the University of

Melbourne and Duquesne University

Nicole Siddall, PhD October 2003 University of Melbourne, Australia (Co-Chaired with Dr. Phil Batterham, University of Melbourne) " Identification of genes that interact with lozenge in Drosophila eye development"

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Olushola Adeyeye, Postdoctoral research associate, 1990-1992 Other students: Mahalaxshimi Vishnawanathan, MS 1991 Patricia Maurides, MFA 1995 Joana Ricou, MS Multimedia Art 2009 Julie Myers, MS 2004 – Mentor John Pollock The Role of LOZENGE in Drosophila melanogaster Photoreceptor Axon Extension and Synaptogenesis Forensic scientist – Allegheny County Corner Shalini Singh, MS 2004 – Mentor John Pollock Identification of protein interaction between the Drosophila Runx1 transcription factor Lozenge and

ETS-1 factor Pointed using site directed mutagenesis and yeast two-hybrid analysis Ph.D. University of Arkansas, Postdoc LSU Barbara Nightingale, MS 2006 – Mentor John Pollock The Influence of Lozenge on protein tyrosine phosphatase 69D Expression M.D. Drexell Lailla Boumaza, MS 2007 – Mentor John Pollock Site Directed Mutagenesis of Lozenge: A Yeast Two-hybrid Analysis of Transcription Factor Protein

Interaction (Lailla was diagnosed with breast cancer during the autumn 2005. She took a leave spring 2006,

graduated July 2007 and died September 2007.) Bree Zeyzus, MS 2009 – Mentor John Pollock TRPV1 mRNA is Differentially Expressed in Different Vertebral Levels of Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia

Following Sciatic Nerve Injury Research scientist University of Miami, Medical School • Ross University School of Medicine Karl Andersen, MS 2010 – Mentor John Pollock Exploration of TRPV1 Splice Variant Expression in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia Following Nerve Injury Medical School • University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine


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Undergraduate researchers mentored at both Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne

University. Examples of the number of students personally mentored by John Pollock and status while in the

Pollock group. STUDENTS IN BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS IN STEM ED/MULTIMEDIA M.S. Biology earned

Ph.D. Biology earned

Post-doctoral scholar

Undergrad Science Scholar

Pre-college Research Scholar

MFA (art) MS (media) earned

Undergrad Art & Multimedia Scholar

M.S./Ed.D Education earned

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